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Putin’s $26B mission to live forever includes 3D printed flesh, organ transplants and naked ice baths

Nypost · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 748 words · By Alex Oliveira
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Putin’s $26B mission to live forever includes 3D printed flesh, organ transplants and naked ice baths See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleVladimir Putin has sunk billions of Russian dollars into outlandish human longevity experiments — but some critics are skeptical whether the so-called-science has any grounding in reality.

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Putin, 73, has dropped at least $26 billion on state research for the likes of gene-therapy drugs intended to slow cellular aging in a project known as “New Health Preservation Technologies,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Putin himself publicly announced the initiative in April 2024 and vowed such methods would have saved 175,000 lives by 2030.”
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While there is evidence of the longevity initiative, the specific details regarding a public announcement in April 2024 and the specific figure of 175,000 lives by 2030 are not present in the provided evidence. The search results for 'Vladimir' were largely irrelevant (TV series, LoL).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The family of Vladimir Putin, president of Russia who has served in office from 2000 to 2008 and since 2012, comes from the Russian peasantry. Spiridon Putin (1879–1965) was a cook in Gorky (now known…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Vladimir_Putin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russian president Vladimir Putin elicited multiple responses for many of his actions, in Russia and the rest of the world. According to the Russian non-governmental organization Levada Center, about …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Vladimir_Putin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin
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Claim 2: “Russia’s top doctors before his 2024 death, Vladimir Khavinson, even said one his greatest aspirations was prolonging Putin’s life.”
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Multiple sources identify Vladimir Khavinson as Putin's 'anti-aging guru' and discuss his efforts to prolong the president's life.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2024 in Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — RIA Novosti (Russian: РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN (РИАН) or RIA (РИА), is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013, by a decree of Russian President Vladimir Puti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIA_Novosti
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide. TASS is regist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TASS
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Claim 3: “Prominent Russian physicist Mikhail Kovalchuk — whose brother Yuri is a financier closely tied to Putin — has also played a central role.”
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Wikipedia confirms Mikhail Kovalchuk is a Russian physicist and the brother of Yury Kovalchuk (Putin's banker). While his 'central role' in the longevity project is implied by the context of the claim, his identity and relationship are verified.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Feder…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Security_Service
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mikhail Valentinovich Kovalchuk (Russian: Михаил Валентинович Ковальчук; born 21 September 1946) is a Russian physicist and official. He is a brother of Yury Kovalchuk, known as "Putin's personal bank…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kovalchuk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 presidential campaign of Vladimir Putin was announced on 8 December 2023, during the ceremony of awarding state awards to the Russian military. This campaign was Vladimir Putin's fifth presid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin_2024_presidenti…
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Claim 4: “One of the leading figures of the initiative is Putin’s own daughter, 41-year-old endocrinologist Maria Vorontsova, who is leading the state genetics projects.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Maria Vorontsova is Putin's daughter, a pediatric endocrinologist, and has led state genetics/health projects.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The family of Vladimir Putin, president of Russia who has served in office from 2000 to 2008 and since 2012, comes from the Russian peasantry. Spiridon Putin (1879–1965) was a cook in Gorky (now known…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Vladimir_Putin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova (Russian: Мария Владимировна Воронцова, née Putina, Путина; born 28 April 1985), also referred to as Maria Faassen, is a Russian pediatric endocrinologist. She is the eld…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Vorontsova
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vladimir Putin's use of language, characterized by a straightforward style abundant in colloquialisms, greatly contributes to the president's popularity in Russia. The most notable feature of it are "…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin's_language
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Claim 5: “Another goal was expanding the human lifespan to 120 years, according to the Journal.”
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Multiple sources (The Mirror, Express.co.uk) explicitly state that Professor Vladimir Khavinson aimed to extend human lifespan to 120 years.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian President Vladimir Putin's anti-aging guru, Professor Vladimir Khavinson of the St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, has died, throwing a wrench in the dictator's plans t…
https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/putins-anti-aging-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vladimir Putin's anti-aging guru suddenly died in what is sure to be a massive blow for the Russian President. Vladimir Khavinson was looking for ways to keep humans alive to 120.
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/123621/vladimir-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Humans could start living to 120 within the next 60 decades. With the advancement of drugs which slow down our biological, or ‘inner’, ageing process, we could help live decades beyond the current lif…
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/811348/Life-expe…
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Claim 6: “Putin... has said it inspired him to join the KGB by 1975, the Journal reported.”
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Claim 7: “Other avenues Putin has pushed include growing human organs inside pigs for transplant into humans in a procedure called xenotransplantation, and 3D-printing live tissue in a practice known as bioprinting.”
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Multiple sources confirm Putin's support for bioprinting (3D-printing tissue) and xenotransplantation (growing organs in pigs).
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Russian state scientists appointed by Putin have focused on two key technologies: bioprinting, or 3D-printing living tissue, and ...
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-longevity-antiaging-9…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 6, 2026 ... Russian scientists are now developing gene therapies designed to slow cellular aging. State researchers are also pursuing bio-printing, which is ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZQGuSGjEl8/
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 3, 2025 ... The state-backed push is reportedly focused on gene therapy, organ bioprinting, pig-grown human organs and anti-ageing research, even as Russia ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOKrVySDDf1/?hl=en
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Claim 8: “Soviet movie “Dead Season” was released [in 1968]”
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Claim 9: “in 2018 he reportedly gushed to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz about the benefits of standing naked in a freezing cryotherapy chamber.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim regarding a 2018 conversation with Sebastian Kurz about cryotherapy.
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Claim 10: “in 2025 he was heard on a hot mic telling Chinese president Xi Jinping that organ replacement could allow humans to live forever”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim of a 2025 hot mic recording with Xi Jinping.
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Claim 11: “Putin, 73, has dropped at least $26 billion on state research for the likes of gene-therapy drugs intended to slow cellular aging in a project known as “New Health Preservation Technologies,” the Wall Street Journal reported.”
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Multiple independent web sources (WSJ and others reporting on the WSJ report) confirm the $26 billion figure and the project name 'New Health Preservation Technologies' aimed at slowing cellular aging.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Sovi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, commonly referred to as the Russian opposition, can be divided between the parliamentary opposition parties in the State Duma and th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_Vladimir_Putin_i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The All-Russian Political Party "United Russia" is the ruling political party of Russia since 2001. As the largest party in the Russian Federation, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the Sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Russia
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Claim 12: “Government-funded Russian scientists claim to have successfully printed a mouse thyroid gland and human cartilage”
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Web search results specifically mention the successful printing of a mouse thyroid gland (citing 2015) and human cartilage by Russian scientists.
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web search NEUTRAL — Government-funded Russian scientists claim to have successfully printed a mouse thyroid gland and human cartilage, and have said they’ll be printing whole human organs for transplant by the end of the…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/29/world-news/putins-26b-mission-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian president Vladimir Putin is spending billions of dollars on research into various anti-aging methods, including organ printing, the use of mini pigs, and exposure to ultra-low temperatures, re…
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/putin-pours-billions-to-beat…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Mouse Thyroid and the World’s First Human Bioprinting Procedure.Together, they designed Russia’s first commercial bioprinter, Fabion, in 2014, and in 2015 successfully printed a mouse thyroid gland.
https://itrussia.media/en/article/bioprinting-and-prosthetic…
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